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1956
1956 - 0140.PDF
140 FLIGHT, 3 February 1956 SWEDISH LANCE Lansen is Now in Service The photograph on the right shows the fifth production Lansen about to leave the works at Linkoping. Below are production wings and fuselages. The overall efficiency of Saab's airframe production is outstanding, being equal to that of the best American plants. SINCE the end of world war 2 (in which they were one of thefew nations not to participate) Sweden has established her-self in an almost unique position. A small and—by comparison with the U.S.A. or Britain—industrially poor nation,she has known exactly what military aircraft she wanted and has then proceeded to design and develop machines which are at leastthe equal of any of their contemporaries. We believe it is a truly remarkable fact that Sweden has been able, through her own exer-tions, to keep her air force fully up-to-date with quantity deliveries of advanced types of aircraft at the correct time. Further information is now available upon the latest type toenter service with the Royal Swedish Air Force, the Saab A32 Lansen. This aircraft was designed during 1951-52 and the proto- type first flew in November of the latter year. It is a two-seatall-weather multi-purpose machine powered by an afterburning Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet. Both from the aerodynamic andstructural viewpoints the airframe is of an ambitious nature, and yet is proving an eminently suitable structure for mass production.Of conventional general layout, the Lansen can carry an excep- tionally heavy load of all kinds of warlike stores, including thoseof a size corresponding to tactical atomic weapons. The fixed armament consists of four 20 mm cannon. Other interestingdesign features include the Saab-designed ejection seats for pilot and navigator; the thermal de-icing system for the wings, tail andair intakes; an autopilot (which can no doubt be tied in with the electronic fire-control system); Fowler-type flaps to confer good
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